Associates

SOCIAL CARE

Working together for positive change

Representing the collective voice of our community, South Glos Parent Carers (SGPC) are on a mission to work with you to shape great services and achieve positive change for children and young people with SEND in South Gloucestershire.

 

Information you can rely upon

Through various engagement work in the community, SGPC gather feedback from families on their lived experiences of using social care services in the area.

We obtain valuable insight into how parent carers view the services provided by social care, covering topics including:

  • Social Care Services – including overall services and child & adult services

  • Preparing for Adulthood

  • 0-25 Disability Team – adults & children

  • Preventative Service & Locality Social Care

  • Personal Budgets

  • Short Breaks Provision

  • Carer’s Assessments

 

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Working together

SGPC offer a range of services to our professional community.

Including:

  • sharing your information with our community

  • designing surveys

  • collating, interpreting and presenting data

  • producing professional reports

If we want to provide the best quality services to children, young people, and families then we need to listen to them and work with them to design and deliver those services. Co-production isn’t just about consulting with people, it’s about giving people the power to make decisions about the issues which impact their lives. The work we are doing with the Parent Carer Forum will help us build trust, confidence and, ultimately, help us meet the needs of children, young people, and families.

Kevin Sweeney, Early Help Partnership Strategic Lead at South Glos Council

Get involved

Here are the ways that we can work together right now to make a difference to the SEND community:

Commission us to work on specific projects

Our connections with parent carers of children and young people with SEND make SGPC a vital asset to any project.

Sign up to our database

For access to information that can help shape the services you provide.

 

Last year in social care…

Meetings and projects we have been involved with include:

Early Help Services

More Information coming soon

0-25 Disability Team

CIN review

An engagement event to gather feedback on how best to engage children in the CIN process (May 2022)

Multi-agency Focus

Best Start in Life for Complex Needs and SEND

Education, Health and Social Care bi-monthly meeting

South Glos Children’s Joint Commissioning group

Monthly meeting

Keyworker Project

A great example of co-production work, this project aims to provide families with the appropriate support to prevent mental health crisis

360° Outreach Project

This family-friendly service supports schools and parents in the understanding of needs as early as possible to ensure inclusion and access to learning for all children and young people. This includes coffee mornings, workshops, presentations, peer-to-peer support and information, all guided by our Peer Support Team.

For more on 360° Outreach Project > click here

Autism Needs-led Approach

Working with the BNSSG, looking at the needs of a child or young person and the importance of a diagnosis (Feb 2022)